Fritz Mackensen (1866–1953), pai
Fritz Mackensen (1866–1953), painter and draftsman of the Worpswede artists’ colony, Fisherman in the Moor, probably before 1908, charcoal and colored chalk on paper, unsigned, handwritten on the reverse Certificate of authenticity from the artist’s family, labeled K 4477, as well as a newspaper clipping (ca. 1908) mounted with adhesive tape, featuring an illustration of the painter in front of an easel with a painting similar to the present drawing, which may have served as a preliminary study, 53 x 40.5 cm, mounted all around on the reverse under a mat and framed on both sides behind glass, 63 x 53.5 cm, mounting shows through, crease on the left margin, mat opening 49 x 37.5 cm.—Provenance: From the collection of the artist’s family, Dorsten
[ translate ]Fritz Mackensen (1866–1953), painter and draftsman of the Worpswede artists’ colony, Fisherman in the Moor, probably before 1908, charcoal and colored chalk on paper, unsigned, handwritten on the reverse Certificate of authenticity from the artist’s family, labeled K 4477, as well as a newspaper clipping (ca. 1908) mounted with adhesive tape, featuring an illustration of the painter in front of an easel with a painting similar to the present drawing, which may have served as a preliminary study, 53 x 40.5 cm, mounted all around on the reverse under a mat and framed on both sides behind glass, 63 x 53.5 cm, mounting shows through, crease on the left margin, mat opening 49 x 37.5 cm.—Provenance: From the collection of the artist’s family, Dorsten
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